My Morning Jacket‘s return comes after four years of waiting for a new album. Yes, the band has been busy playing shows, and frontman Jim James embarked on a self-titled solo project, but today marks a big day for MMJ fans.
The group has shared a new track, “Big Decisions” seen above with visual accompaniment. The song is full of spirit and loud in all the right places. The members of My Morning Jacket arrived at Stinson Beach, CA in late 2013 with full intent on making their new album, The Waterfall, which will serve as the follow-up to the critically acclaimed Circuital.
Today, the Louisville quintet share The Waterfall‘s cover art, track list, and an extensive tour dates to keep their fans chomping at the bit. The Waterfall, the group’s seventh full-length album, will be released on May 4, their first release on Columbia Records. The album was recorded at Panoramic House, a studio perched atop a hillside looking out over the Pacific Ocean, just a half hour north of the Golden Gate Bridge.
“For me, every record has the spirit of where we made it,” explains Jim James. “Stinson Beach was so psychedelic and focused. It was almost like we lived on our own little moon out there. It feels like you’re up in the sky.”
The new release features a collaborative sound between MMJ’s earlier releases: the experimentation of later albums, Z, Evil Urges are clearly in effect, but there are moments that reach back to It Still Moves, the album that helped My Morning Jacket reach a much broader audience.
Believe (Nobody Knows)
Compound Fracture
Like A River
In Its Infancy (The Waterfall)
Get The Point
Spring (Among the Living)
Thin Line
Big Decisions
Tropics (Erase Traces)
Only Memories Remain
May 15 – Georgia Theatre in Athens, GA
May 16 – Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville, TN
May 17 – Hangout Festival in Gulf Shores, AL
May 23 – Boston Calling Festival in Boston, MA
June 3 – State Theatre in Cleveland, OH
June 4 – Stage AE in Pittsburgh, PA
June 5 – Governors Ball Music Festival in New York, NY
June 7 at Field Trip Festival in Toronto, ON
June 9-11 – Chicago Theatre in Chicago, IL
June 12-14 – Bonnaroo in Manchester, TN
June 16-17 – The Fillmore in Detroit, MI
June 19 – Gentlemen of the Road Stopover in Waverly, IA
June 20 – Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, WI
June 23-24 – Palace Theatre in Columbus, OH
June 26-27 – Northrup Auditorium in Minneapolis, MN
July 17-19 – Forecastle Festival in Louisville, KY
July 21 – nTelos Wireless Pavilion in Charlottesville, VA
July 22 – Artpark Series in Lewiston, NY
July 26 – Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD
July 28 – Red Hat Amphitheatre in Raleigh, NC
July 29 – Uptown Amphitheatre in Charlotte, NC
July 31 – Champions Square in New Orleans, LA
August 1 – Amphitheatre in St. Augustine, FL
August 3 – The Fillmore in Miami, FL
August 4 – Hard Rock Live in Orlando, FL
August 7-8 – Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA
August 10 – BJCC Concert Hall in Birmingham, AL
August 12 – The Peabody Opera House in St. Louis, MO
August 13 – Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, MO
August 14 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver, CO
